[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38358-38359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15268]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Call for Nominations: North Slope Science Initiative, Science 
Technical Advisory Panel, Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, North Slope 
Science Initiative, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a call for nominations to serve on the 
North Slope Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel, in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA) of 1972, as amended.

DATES: All nominations and required attachments must be received no 
later than 30 days after the publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John F. Payne, Executive Director, 
North Slope Science Initiative, AK-910, c/o Bureau of Land Management, 
222 W. Seventh Avenue, 13, Anchorage, AK 99513, 907-271-3431 
or email jpayne.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The legislative purpose of the North Slope 
Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel is to advise the 
North Slope Science Initiative Oversight Group on issues such as 
identifying and prioritizing inventory, monitoring and research needs, 
and providing other scientific information as requested by the 
Oversight Group (Section 348, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109-
58). The Oversight Group membership includes the Alaska Regional 
Directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and National Marine Fisheries 
Service; the Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Director; the 
Commissioners of the Alaska Departments of Natural Resources and Fish 
and Game; the Mayor of the North Slope Borough; and the President of 
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. Advisory members of the Oversight 
Group include the Regional Executive, U.S. Geological Survey; Deputy 
Director, U.S. Arctic Research Commission; Alaska Regional Director, 
National Weather Service; and the Regional Coordinator for the National 
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
    The Science Technical Advisory Panel consists of a representative 
group of not more than 15 scientists and technical experts from diverse 
professions and interests, including the oil and gas industry, 
subsistence users, Alaska Native entities, conservation organizations, 
wildlife management organizations, and academia, as determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior. The members are selected from among, but not 
limited to, the following disciplines: North Slope traditional and 
local knowledge, landscape ecology, petroleum engineering, civil 
engineering, geology, sociology, cultural anthropology, economics, 
ornithology, oceanography, fisheries, marine biology, landscape 
ecology, and climatology.
    Duties of the Science Technical Advisory Panel are solely advisory 
to the Oversight Group, which will provide direction regarding 
priorities for decisions needed for the management of resources on the 
North Slope of Alaska and the adjacent marine environment. Duties could 
include, but are not limited to, the following:
    a. Advise the Oversight Group on science planning and relevant 
inventory, monitoring and research projects necessary for management 
decisions;
    b. Advise the Oversight Group on scientific information relevant to 
the mission of the North Slope Science Initiative;
    c. Review selected reports and advise the Oversight Group on their 
content and relevance;
    d. Review ongoing scientific programs of the North Slope Science 
Initiative member organizations at the request of the membership to 
promote compatibility in methodologies and compilation of duties;
    e. Advise the Oversight Group on how to ensure scientific products 
generated through the North Slope Science Initiative activities are of 
the highest technical quality;
    f. Provide scientific advice as requested by the Oversight Group; 
and,
    g. Coordinate with groups, committees and sub-committees as 
requested by the Oversight Group.

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Qualifications and Procedures Required for Nomination

    All membership will consist of individuals having a minimum of 5 
years of work experience in the Arctic in their field of expertise. 
Individuals will be selected from among, but not limited to, those 
disciplines and entities described above. Any individual or 
organization may nominate one or more persons, including themselves, to 
serve on the Science Technical Advisory Panel. Six new members will be 
appointed for 3-year terms. Current Science Technical Advisory Panel 
appointees may be reappointed for additional terms at the discretion of 
the Secretary of the Interior. Under current Administration policy, 
federally registered lobbyists may not serve on the panel.

How To Nominate

    Nomination forms may be obtained from the North Slope Science 
Initiative Web site (http://www.northslope.org), or from the Executive 
Director, North Slope Science Initiative (see For Further Information 
Contact, above). To make a nomination, or self-nominate, submit a 
completed nomination form with a minimum of one letter of reference 
that describes the nominee's qualifications to serve on the Science 
Technical Advisory Panel. The professional discipline the nominee would 
represent should be identified in the reference letter of nomination 
and in the nomination form. Nominees may be scientists and technical 
experts from diverse professions and interests, including, but not 
limited to, the oil and gas industry, subsistence users, Alaska Native 
entities, conservation organizations, or academia. Nominees appointed 
to serve on the Science Technical Advisory Panel will serve only in 
their professional capacity and will not serve to represent any group, 
agency or entity with whom they may be affiliated. The Executive 
Director, North Slope Science Initiative, will collect the nomination 
forms and letters of reference and distribute them to the Oversight 
Group for consideration. The collective recommendations of the 
Oversight Group will be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior who 
has the responsibility for making appointments. Members of the Science 
Technical Advisory Panel will serve without monetary compensation, but 
will be reimbursed for travel, lodging and per diem expenses to 
participate in announced meetings.

    Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-1.

Bud C. Cribley,
State Director.
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